Slumber Markets with low VIX

After the selling into close, markets do now show any concern as premarkets are showing slumber flat -- must be expecting another shoot-up based on "Long and Strong Delusion" debt spending economy. Markets are showing continued low volatility after bouncing off from VIX 20 and finishing the day with a strong hammer, it is dead again showing no-follow through.

• The Labor Department says new jobless claims rose to a seasonally adjusted 531,000 last week, from an upwardly revised 520,000 the previous week.
• • Mixed Bag: Weekly Job Claims Rise; 4-Week Average Falls

    The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for jobless benefits rose more than expected last week, after falling in five of the past six weeks. Pay Cuts at Bailed-Out Firms Job Growth Slow: Summers

  • McDonald's Posts Strong Profit, Predicts Solid Sales
  • Travelers Profit Beats Market Views; Shares Up
  • AT&T Results Top Estimates with iPhone Help
  • US Should Cut Deficit or Risk AAA Rating: Moody's
    • Double-Dip Recession Unlikely: ECB's Weber
  • Merck Posts Big Profit Jump, Slight Rise in Sales
  • Xerox Reports Earnings Drop But Raises Outlook
  • China's Growth Quickens But Policy Stays on Hold
  • Windows 7 May Help Kickstart Delayed Corporate Spend
  • Interview: Steve Ballmer on Windows 7, Company's Outlook
  • Chavez Urges 3-Minute Showers to Conserve Water
• Goldman Sachs Is Too Big to Tell It Straight: Jonathan Weil
• US 'plans bail-out firm pay cut'
  

  US firms that benefited from government bail-out cash will be told to slash salaries for highest paid executives.